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‘Black And Blue’: Frank Grillo, Reid Scott, Beau Knapp To Co-Star In Screen Gems Cop Drama
EXCLUSIVE: Frank Grillo, Reid Scott, Beau Knapp and Tyrese Gibson are set to join Naomie Harris in the Deon Taylor-directed cop thriller Black and Blue, which is set up under Sony’s Screen Gems label.
Written by Peter A. Dowling, the pic follows a rookie New Orleans cop (Harris) who rounds the corner just as corrupt narc officers are murdering a drug dealer, an event captured by her body cam. When they then fail to execute her and she escapes, the narcs pin the murder on…
Macy’s Parade & NFL Ratings Have A Good Thanksgiving; Up From 2017
It was cold as Hell in NYC for the 92nd Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade yesterday but, along with that New Orleans and Atlanta Falcons primetime game, the ratings were hot for NBC on Thanksgiving.
Along with a historic kiss, the morning parade saw the likes of the Grinch, Frozen's Olaf, Tom Turkey, clowns, marching bands, a lot of security, Goku, Lady Liberty herself, SpongeBob SquarePants and the Red Mighty Morphin Power Ranger all heading down Sixth Avenue in front of…
Read moreWorld Series Finale Scores 17.6M Viewers, Down From 2017 – Update
UPDATED with final World Series ratings, other broadcast shows: The second to last episode of The Walking Dead with Andrew Lincoln was on, but America went out to the ball game last night as the Boston Red Sox won the World Series and the New Orleans Saints pummeled the Minnesota Vikings on the NFL and NBC's Sunday Night Football.
The Red Sox’s 5-1 victory in the City of Angels in Game 5 on Sunday snared their ninth World Series championship, and drew 17.6 million total…
‘FBI’ Has Strong Week 2 Retention As CBS Dramas & ‘Lethal Weapon’ Hold Up Well
Snapshot updated with finals: New series Week 2: NBC's New Amsterdam (1.5 Live+Same Day rating in 18-49, down 21% after downward adjustment; 7.4 million viewers), CBS' FBI (1.2, down 8%; 10.1 million); Returning series Week 2: NCIS, NCIS: New Orleans and Lethal Weapon even with Week 2 in 18-49, all other shows down.
Launching a TV series is supposed to be a marathon, not a sprint, as it takes viewers time to discover new shows. Yet, in today’s crowded universe of 500-plus…
Geoffrey Owens To Guest Star On ‘NCIS: New Orleans’
After being shamed for working at Trader Joe’s, Geoffrey Owens took the high road and said he wasn’t ashamed for making an honest living. Since then, he just continues living his best life and has nabbed a guest-starring role on NCIS: New Orleans.
In the sixth episode of the upcoming season of the CBS drama, the Cosby Show alum is set to play Commander Adams, an old and valued friend who Pride (Scott Bakula) goes to for both medical and spiritual advice. Still emotionally…
‘Santa Clarita Diet’: Shalita Grant To Recur In Season 3 Of Netflix Zombie Comedy
NCIS: New Orleans alum Shalita Grant has booked a recurring role opposite Drew Barrymore and Timothy Olyphant on the upcoming third season of Netflix’s darkly comedic series Santa Clarita Diet.
Grant will play FBI agent Tess Rogers, who is looking into a recent explosion at a fracking site in Santa Clarita.
Created by Victor Fresco, in Santa Clarita Diet, Joel (Olyphant) and Sheila (Barrymore) are husband and wife realtors leading vaguely discontented lives in the L.A…
Broadcast Networks Adjust Monday Night Schedule For Trump’s Primetime Supreme Court Announcement
Broadcast networks are gearing up for President Trump’s Monday night primetime address in which he will name his nominee to the U.S. Supreme Court. Trump is scheduled to make his announcement at 9 PM EST.
CBS said today it will air a rebroadcast of NCIS: New Orleans at 9 PM, and move the original episode of Salvation to 10 PM, pre-empting an original episode of Elementary. Comedy series Mom and Man With a Plan will air at their regularly scheduled times of 8 PM and 8:30…
'NCIS: New Orleans' Producer Investigated Again, Even as CBS Renews Overall Deal (Exclusive)
After stepping down as showrunner of 'NCIS: New Orleans' to serve as a consultant, Brad Kern remains involved and is in the writers' room, despite a new inquiry from an outside counsel.
‘MacGyver’ Ratings Hit Low In Finale; Thanos Teasing ‘S.H.I.E.L.D.’ Steady
As usual, CBS was the Big 4 viewership victor (6.94 million) on Friday night and matched Fox's 0.7/3 among adults 18-49 but the House of Moonves certainly felt a sting. Kicked off by the parental themed Season 2 finale of MacGyver (0.6/3) and followed by Hawaii Five-O (0.7/3) and Blue Bloods (0.7/3) CBS saw its entire Friday line-up fall to series lows in the fast affiliates.
Facing the Golden State Warriors 119-100 loss to the New Orleans Pelicans and the Houston Rockets…
‘Saint Joan’ Broadway Review: Condola Rashad Stakes Claim On Shaw’s Firebrand
Nevertheless, she persists, that maid of Orleans, and by the end of the Manhattan Theatre Club’s attractive, not flawless, Broadway revival of Shaw’s Saint Joan, starring the endearing Condola Rashad, resistance is mostly futile.
Directed by Daniel Sullivan with an easy flow that appears to modernize the 1923 play and keep all that Shavian verbiage moving at a smart clip, Saint Joan would seem an ideal resurrection for an era of #MeToo and the rejection of binary gender…
As SXSW Rolls On, Threat Of More Package Bombs Has Austin On Edge
Next to the frenzied crowds of San Diego’s Comic-Con and the masses that jam into New Orleans for Mardi Gras, SXSW is a pretty laid back event in its celebration of film, music, tech and other arts in Austin, Texas.
However, a trio of package explosions in residential areas has shaken the city of nearly one million people, with two occurring yesterday, killing 17-year old Draylen Mason who Austin Police Chief Brian Manley has described in reports as an “outstanding young…
Motley Crue Biopic Crew Member Suffers Electric Shock, Expected To Recover
A man trying to de-rig a set on the Motley Crue biopic The Dirt suffered a severe electric shock Saturday while working on a rooftop at the film’s New Orleans location.
The unidentified man was taken to a nearby hospital and is expected to recover.
The Dirt is based on the band’s 2001 autobiography, tracking the hard rock group’s rise to superstardom in the 1980s. The film is directed by Jeff Tremaine (Jackass, Bad Grandpa) and stars Douglas Booth (Jupiter Ascending) as…
John Dahl To Direct ‘For Love’ ABC Drama Pilot
John Dahl (Outlander) is set to direct and executive produce ABC drama pilot For Love, from writer Michael Cooney, producer Kim Moses and ABC Studios.
Written by Cooney, For Love centers on Hope Castille. Five years ago, her fiancé was killed. This morning she received a phone call from him. An epic love triangle set against a grounded, secret world of magic in present day New Orleans. Cooney and Moses executive produce.
Dahl directed the pilots for Starz’s Outlander and M…
‘NCIS: New Orleans’ Showrunner Brad Kern Investigated Twice For Misconduct
Brad Kern, executive producer/showrunner of NCIS: New Orleans, has been the subject of two Human Resources investigations by CBS TV Studios while working on the studio’s popular CBS crime procedural, sources said. Both reportedly were triggered by complaints from co-workers about a hostile work environment on the show.
I hear that following the second investigation, Kern was assigned to and underwent six months of sensitivity training/counseling, which he completed in…
‘Out Of Blue’: First-Look At Patricia Clarkson In Neo-Noir Detective Thriller
EXCLUSIVE: Production has just wrapped in New Orleans on Carol Morley’s Out Of Blue, with a first-look pic of star Patricia Clarkson (above; full image below). Jacki Weaver, James Caan, Toby Jones, Aaron Tveit, Mamie Gummer, Jonathan Majors and Devyn A Tyler also star in the crime drama from the helmer of The Falling.
Clarkson plays Mike Hoolihan in the neo-noir metaphysical mystery. She’s a homicide detective called to investigate the shooting of leading astrophysicist…
Fats Domino Dies: Rock & Roll’s ‘Blueberry Hill’ Pioneer Was 89
Fats Domino, rock & roll pioneer, died yesterday at age 89 in Louisiana. His death was announced today by Mark Bone, chief investigator with the Jefferson Parish, Louisiana, coroner’s office. Domino died of natural causes at 3:30 a.m. Tuesday.
Domino’s best-known for his piano-based hits of the 1950s and early ’60s like “Blueberry Hill”, ”Ain’t That a Shame”, “Blue Monday”, “Walkin’ to New Orleans” and “I’m Walkin'”. Domino was born Antoine “Fats” Domino Jr. in New…
CBS Developing ‘Whistleblower’ Drama From Chris Silber & Jerry Bruckheimer TV
CBS has put in development drama Whistleblower from NCIS: New Orleans executive producer/co-showrunner Chris Silber, CBS Television Studios and studio-based Jerry Bruckheimer Television.
Written by Silber, Whistleblower centers on a former whistleblower who lost everything — career, family, reputation — when he stood up against a conglomerate to expose wrongdoing. He now runs a firm dedicated to exposing wrongdoers while protecting those who have the courage to stand up…
Dallas Cowboys, New Orleans Saints Will Stand For National Anthem On Sunday
What players will do during the national anthem this week has become as big a part of NFL games as who will win. Today, a key player from the Dallas Cowboys said his team will stand with hands over hearts, while the New Orleans Saints quarterback indicated they will kneel as a team before the anthem and then stand together during the song.
A report in the Fort Worth Star-Telegram quotes Dallas receiver Dez Bryant saying the team will not be doing any more anthem…
Don Ohlmeyer Dies: ‘Monday Night Football’ Producer, Former NBC West Coast President Was 72
Don Ohlmeyer, former NBC West Coast president and the man who transformed Monday Night Football into a pop culture phenomenon, died today at age 72. Sportscaster Al Michaels announced the news during the telecast of the Giants-Cowboys game on NBC’s Sunday Night Football.
Ohlmeyer was born in New Orleans on February 3, 1945 and grew up in Chicago. He began his career with ABC Sports, working on Wide World Of Sports, and was the first producer of Monday Night Football. He…
‘Girls Trip’s Will Packer, Malcolm D. Lee & Regina Hall On How The Comedy Celebrates Black Women
Ahead of Girls Trip‘s July 21 wide release, Universal world premiered its female-led comedy last night to open the American Black Film Festival in Miami. The pic stars Regina Hall, Queen Latifah, Jada Pinkett Smith and Tiffany Haddish as lifelong friends who travel to New Orleans for the annual Essence Festival. There, sisterhoods are rekindled; wild sides are rediscovered; and there's enough dancing, drinking, brawling and romancing to make the Big Easy blush.
On…
ESPN Bringing Hank Williams Jr. Back to 'Monday Night Football'
A new version of the song will debut before a Sept. 11 game between the New Orleans Saints and the Minnesota Vikings.
New InventTV To Develop Unscripted Content & Live Events
Sergio Alfaro, Michaline Babich and Los Angeles Media Fund have formed InventTV, a new entertainment company to develop, produce and finance unscripted series and other content for television and OTT platforms. The new company also will include production of live events worldwide.
Current projects include a series for Nat Geo partnered with The Weinstein Company as well as Southern Charm New Orleans (pictured) on Bravo.
Alfaro and Babich, along with Los Angeles Media Fund…
Longtime Sony Distribution Exec Rory Bruer Retiring From Studio
Rory Bruer, president of worldwide distribution at Sony Pictures Entertainment, is retiring. This comes as no surprise as Bruer had been talking about stepping back for a long while. What is surprising is that Bruer has only worked at one company in his lifetime — he began in the mailroom at Columbia Pictures in 1977 and moved into distribution a year later in the New Orleans office. During his 40 years, he had survived many management changeovers — at least seven going…
Mario Lopez & Sheryl Underwood To Host 44th Daytime Emmy Awards
Mario Lopez and Sheryl Underwood have been tapped as hosts of the 44th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards set for Sunday, April 30 at the Pasadena Civic Auditorium in Pasadena, CA.
Lopez is in his ninth consecutive year as host of Emmy-winning entertainment news program Extra. As an actor, he recently guest-starred on NBC’s breakout This Is Us, as well as NCIS: New Orleans, Still the King and Nashville.
Underwood is a host of The Talk, CBS's Daytime Emmy-winning talk show that…
CNN's Don Lemon Gets Ear Pierced Live During New Year's Eve Coverage
The anchor downed shots before having his left ear pierced while on remote from a bar in New Orleans.